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Food and fibre workforce insights

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Workers in the food and fibre industry are crucial to New Zealand's future. This website helps businesses, educators, government and others ensure the industry's continued success.

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  • About this data

    Why we assemble this data and how we decide what's included in the food and fibre sectors.

  • Workforce today

    Each food and fibre sector's unique workforce and future challenges – from arable to seafood.

  • Workforce data

    Explore charts showing food and fibre sector workforce annual and monthly numbers, employment by region, employment type, visa and resident status.
Featured data

Regional horticulture feature

Exploring what's unique about horticulture's workforce and highlighting some seasonal trends.
Horticulture feature
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More spotlights and deeper analysis

In the coming months we aim to undertake deeper analysis and shine the workforce spotlight on other key food and fibre sectors
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Spotlight

Updated 2021 data

This data shows changes to the workforce during the initial COVID-19 lockdowns and border closures. This spotlight presents analysis about what the workforce looked like in that year, comparing it to 2019 and 2020.
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